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GATE. No. 463,665. Patented Nov. 24, 1891.

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ATENT einene DANIEL Il. ISEMINGER, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,665, dated November24, 1891.-

Application iiled May 23, 1891. Serial No. 393,884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. ISEMINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the followingis aspeciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive sliding gate adapted to be readily opened and closed withoutnecessitating dismounting from a vehicle or an animal.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of agate constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail View.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a sliding gate,provided at its top with track-bars 2 and 3 and suspended from pulleys 4and 5, which are arranged on an upright 6 and a post 7, and are groovedand are adapted to receive the flanges' of the trackfbars. The gate iscomposed of horizonta-l rails, vertical bars, and inclined braces, andis provided with a vertical guide-rod S, which has its ends benthorizontally and secured to the gate, and is engaged by an eye 9 of apin 10, arranged at the lower front end of a bell-crank-lever frame 11.The lever-frame consists of bars 12 and 13, are ranged at an angle toeach other and having their lower ends secured together, and a cross-bar14, connecting the upper ends of the bars 12 and 13. The upper end ofthe bar 13 is pivoted to an adjustable bracket 15, which is secured tothe upright 6 and forms the fulcruxn of the lever-frame, and the upperend of the bar 12 is connected with operating-levers 16 and 17, whichhave their inner ends connected and their outer ends provided withhandle-bars and are fulcrumed intermediate their ends on hangers 18. Thehangers 18 depend from a cross-'bar 19 and are each composed of a pairof parallel bars 24, which have their upper ends' secured'to an eyeboltof the cross-bar, and their lower ends receive between them one of theoperating-levers. Vhen t-he outer ends of the operating-levers aredepressed, the upper end of the bar 12 of the lever-frame is raised andthe gate is opened, and by raising the operating-lever the gate isclosed. rlhe bottom of the gate is guided by anti-friction rollers 20,and the front edge is provided with an eX- tension 21, which projectsfrom the gate and is adapted when the gate is closed to rest on a roller22, which supports the front of the gate and is journaled between a pairof vertical parallel latch-posts 23.

A latch-bar 25 is arranged over the gate and has its rear end pivoted tothe post 7, and its front end is arranged to engage a shoulder 26 of thegate when the latter is closed to lock the gate. The free end of thelatch-bar is connected by a rod 27 with a trigger 28, which is pivotedto the upright 6, and is provided with a shoulder arranged to be engagedby the operating-levers to swing the trigger laterally and raise thefree end of the latch-bar to release the gate. This construction oftriggen permits it to be readily moved by the operating-lever to raisethe latch.

The operating-levers are principally employed by the occupants ofvehicles and persons riding horses, and the gate is opened by persons onfoot by means of a latch-operating lever 29, which has its rear endpivoted to the gate and its front end free and adapted to be raised Vandis secured intermediate its ends to a-rod 30. The rod 30 has its lowerend secured to the latch-operating lever and extends vertically to thetop of the gate and passes through an opening in the cap-board and hasits upper end bent at an angle and arranged to engage the latch-bar toraise the same and carry it out of engagement with the shoulder 26.

It will be seen that the gate is simple and inexpensive in constructionand is positive and reliable in operation and is adapted to be readilyopened and closed.

1. The combination of a sliding gate provided with a vertical guide-rod,an upright, an operating-lever, and the bell-crank-lever frame fulcrumedon the upright and provided IOO with an eye to engage the guide-rod andconnected with the operatingdever, substantially as described.

2. The combination of an upright, a sliding gate provided with aguide-rod, the bell crank-lever frame provided with an eye to engage theguide-rod and consisting of the bar 13, having its upper end fulcrn medon the post, the bar 12, arranged at an angle to the bar 13 and havingits lower end secured to the same, and the bar 14, connecting the npperends of the bars 12 and 13, and an operating-lever connected to theupper end of the bar 12, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the upright 6 and the post 7, the sliding gateprovided with a shoulder arranged intermediate of its ends, thelatch-bar arranged above the gate, pivoted at its rear end to the post 7and at its front. end engaging the shoulder of the gate, the triggerpivoted to the upright and provided with a shoulder and connected withthe latchbar, and the operating-levers arranged to engage the trigger,substantially as described.

1. The combination of the upright, the post 7, the sliding gate providedwith a shoulder intermediate of its ends, the latch-bar arranged abovethe gate and having its rear end pivoted to the post 7, thelatch-operating'

